People ex rel. Gleason v. Yancey
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Macoupin county; the Hon. Balfour Cowen, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Macoupin county denying the application of the county collector for a judgment against the property of appellee for a delinquent sidewalk tax.
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Appeal from the County Court of Macoupin county; the Hon. Balfour Cowen, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Macoupin county denying the application of the county collector for a judgment against the property of appellee for a delinquent sidewalk tax. The facts are as follows: On July 1, 1895, the city council of Carlinville passed an ordinance providing for the construction of a cement sidewalk on the east side of West street, in said city, from the south line of West Main street to the south line of Walnut street. This ordinance was passed pursuant to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The only question involved in this record relates to the effect of the act of the legislature approved June 21, 1895, entitled “An act to amend section 17, article 9, of an act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages, approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1, 1872,” which is as follows:
“Section 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That section 17, of article 9, of ‘An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages,’ approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
“ ‘Section 17. When said ordinance under which said…
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